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Public Intervention Strategies for Distressed Communities

, 2016
Presented at the Data For Good Exchange ...
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Evaluating community engagement strategies in COVID-19: insights from a National Quasi-Experimental Intervention

BMC Public Health
Background Community engagement is essential during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the effectiveness of community engagement during this pandemic, especially in low- and middle-income countries, has not been seriously investigated ...
Hamid Soori, Martha Orendu Oche Attah
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Dance movement strategies training to help rebuild social capital in Colombia

Intervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, 2018
Building social capital within a post-conflict scenario is key to achieving sustainable peace. The authors implemented an intervention consisting of a 120-h training programme in dance movement strategies in five violence-affected municipalities in ...
Natalia Quinones, Yvonne Gomez, Diana M Agudelo, Gabriela Martínez, María A López   +4 more
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Comparative evaluation of community interventions for the immigrant population of Latin American origin at risk for Chagas disease in the city of Barcelona.

PLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionChagas disease presents bio-psycho-social and cultural determinants for infected patients, their family members, close friends, and society. For this reason, diagnosis and treatment require an active approach and an integral focus, so that we
Jordi Gómez I Prat, Paula Peremiquel-Trillas, Isabel Claveria Guiu, Johanna Caro Mendivelso, Estefa Choque, Juan José de Los Santos, Elena Sulleiro, Hakima Ouaarab Essadek, Pedro Albajar Viñas, Carlos Ascaso Terren   +9 more
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Falls Assessment Clinical Trial (FACT): design, interventions, recruitment strategies and participant characteristics [PDF]

, 2007
Background Guidelines recommend multifactorial intervention programmes to prevent falls in older adults but there are few randomised controlled trials in a real life health care setting.
C Raina Elley, M Clare Robertson, Ngaire M Kerse, Sue Garrett, Eileen McKinlay, Beverley Lawton, Helen Moriarty, A John Campbell, AJ Campbell, LZ Rubenstein, J Fielden, JA Rizzo, ME Tinetti, MC Robertson, AJ Campbell, AJ Campbell, MC Robertson, MC Robertson, SR Lord, A Barnett, J Close, AJ Campbell, T Nikolaus, RG Cumming, HA Bischoff-Ferrari, RD Jackson, NK Latham, RH Harwood, AJE Foss, RG Cumming, K Hauer, SE Lamb, MG Ory, JJ Yallop, DA van der Windt, CR Elley, TM Gill, H Hodkinson, KD Hill, V Hayes, CA McHorney, CA McHorney, KM Scott, JM Guralnik, JE Rossiter-Fornoff, K Hill, FM Nouri, ML Essink-Bot, CR Elley, MF Drummond, ME Tinetti, MC Chapuy, DM Black, D Podsiadlo, MI MacEntee, RQ Ivers, K Okumiya, K Rockwood, SR Lord, RA Kenny, AJ Davies, RA Kenny, ME Tinetti, O Johnell   +63 more
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Evaluation of a community-based intervention (STOP-DM) for Korean Americans with type 2 diabetes: Measured vs. perceived health outcomes [PDF]

, 2014
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious health problem in Asian-American communities, including the Korean American immigrants (KAI), one of the most underserved and understudied minority populations in the US.
Woolheater, Katelyn
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Community-engaged dissemination and implementation of an evidence-based health promotion intervention for Native American families: “Delivery of Turtle Island Tales to promote family wellness” protocol

Implementation Science Communications
Background Native American communities possess a wide range of assets that can contribute to reducing persistent inequities in food insecurity, obesity, cancer, chronic disease, and other related outcomes.
Emily J. Tomayko, Alexandra K. Adams, Teresa Warne, James L. Merle, Paul A. Estabrooks   +4 more
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Priority Intervention Evaluation of Community Regeneration in Megacities Based on the Business Improvement District (BID) Model: A Case Study of Tianjin, China

Buildings
This study aims to start from the macroscale of the megacity, explore a top-down operational technical path from the identification of community regeneration units as the evaluation objects to the BID priority intervention evaluation, and then propose ...
Wenjia Bai, Mingyu Chen, Fazhong Bai, Jingtao Huang   +3 more
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Improving Weight Loss Outcomes of Community Interventions by Incorporating Behavioral Strategies

American Journal of Public Health, 2010
Objectives. We examined whether adding behavioral weight loss strategies could improve the outcomes of a community weight loss campaign. Methods. Shape Up RI is a 12-week, online, team-based program for health improvement in Rhode Island. In study 1, we randomly assigned participants to the standard Shape Up RI program or to the program plus video ...
Rena R, Wing, Melissa M, Crane, J Graham, Thomas, Rajiv, Kumar, Brad, Weinberg   +4 more
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Community-based interventions against HIV-related stigma: a systematic review of evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Systematic Reviews
Background HIV-related stigma remains a key barrier to the attainment of the UNAIDS global goal of ending AIDS by 2030. Due to the social and contextual nature of HIV-related stigma, community-based interventions may be more effective in addressing it ...
Emmanuel Kimera, Linda Grace Alanyo, Irumba Pauline, Maureen Andinda, Enos Masereka Mirembe   +4 more
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